Once more my poor Icon-A-Day project is late, for this I firmly blame Charter Internet. Luckily I still have my work Internet.

Today we are finishing up the last of the "Start" symbols, and taking care of "Log Off". This one is once more almost identical with the other start symbols in the way it is made.

One thing to note with the last five icons, is that they are all almost exactly the same in construction, yet all have their own style. This is a good example of how a good technique can be used on different base graphics over and over and still look good. In theory you could do an entire icon pack with just this one tutorial, and have something pretty cool, if not perfect.

Step 1:

Once again we start with our glass background box and change the colors to blue.

Step 2:

Now I make a little key with some rectangles and squares welded together.

Step 3:

Now we give the key some perspective, tweeting it until it looks natural.

Step 4:

Now I use the Contour tool to give the key a "poor mans bevel"

Step 5:

Now with the Contour tool I give the key an inner contour to give it the appearance of depth. We also give the it a nice bit of gloss.